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unbefitting

ADJECTIVE

improper

Synonyms

WEAK

abnormal at odds awkward bad form discordant discrepant erroneous false ill-advised ill-timed immodest imprudent inaccurate inadmissible inadvisable inapplicable inapposite inappropriate inapt incongruous incorrect indecent indecorous indelicate inept inexpedient infelicitous inharmonious inopportune irregular ludicrous malapropos naughty odd off base out of line out of place out-of-season preposterous unapt unbecoming uncalled-for uncomely undue unfit unfitting unseasonable unseemly unsuitable unsuited untimely untoward unwarranted wrong

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Federalists in Congress said the columned walkways had a whiff of aristocracy unbefitting the building’s democratic simplicity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

The LSK denounced his shooting as unbefitting for "any sane democracy".

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025

The proposal to name a San Francisco post office after the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein struck some as unbefitting the gravitas of her half-century career in politics.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024

The 6-foot-2, 202-pound safety has a title unbefitting of his job.

From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2023

Such a man is in danger of doing many things unbefitting a gentleman.

From There & Back by MacDonald, George

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